Montini: More gun deaths in U.S. than in ALL our wars

Even before the mass shooting at an Oregon community college last week there had been more civilian gun deaths in the United States since 1987 than from all of the military combat deaths in America’s 239-year history.

More Americans were killed with guns at home than died in combat in all of our wars.(Photo: AP)

And yet any legislation proposing such a thing is blocked by Republican lawmakers.

They’re more afraid of offending the National Rifle Association than of ignoring the will of voters.

And why not?

The NRA fills their pockets with campaign cash and voters, no matter what they tell poll takers, keep reelecting them.

The father of the shooter at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, said in an interview, “We talk about gun laws. We talk about gun control. Every time something like this happens, they talk about it and nothing gets done.”

While the casualties keep mounting.

It’s like the cartoon character Pogo said long ago, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”